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Legendary away days : the complete guide to running successful team events

Annotation "Legendary Away Days is a complete guide to planning and delivering team events suited to a wide range of circumstances including problem-solving, teambuilding, boosting morale and making decisions. Concise and practical, it covers choosing an appropriate event, organising and running the day, keeping control, using external experts and evaluating your event afterwards. Focused on best practice throughout, the book also provides help on ensuring your event is legally protected."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Read more...

Contents: Introduction. Part One Getting Started: Organising your thoughts. Part Two Essential Information: Cultural diversity and inclusion; Health and safety at away days; Setting, agreeing and using ground rules; Communicating your away day; Using facilitators and specialists; Handling different event roles: pilots, shepherds, playground managers and nannies; Troubleshooting: the best laid plans; Icebreakers, energisers and team exercises. Part Three: The Legendary Away Days: The celebration day; The challenge of change day; The conference day; The consolidation day; The consultation day; The creativity day; The decision making day; The morale boosting day; The planning day; The problem solving day; The teambuilding day. Part Four After the Event: Evaluating your away day. Appendices; Index.